Pong, nuff said
Pong, nuff said
The gene pool needs a life guard.
Still have my slide rule. An acoustic modem got me talking to my XDH (former husband) a couple of years after the divorce because I wanted to borrow his, along with his terminal, so I could do my homework from home which was 65 miles from the computer lab. He let me borrow it, and we got back on speaking terms again. We are still friends, 28 years later. I also used to hang out on my share of BBS and discovered the reality that you don't know who the person on the other end of the 'chat' really is. Turns out I was coming on to the 13yo son of my flight instructor. The original chat rooms, and original text messages. Well, that is if you don't allow for ham radio. Now there is a hobby with a lot of alphabets, and theirs don't make logical sense. QSL, XYL and , well, you youngsters just don't know how good you have it. 73's
/me wanders off remembering the good 'ol days
Oh, and welcome to the boards.
Bad spellers of the world Untie!
I once wrote a basic 'Pakman' (woka-woka) program on punch cards and I even once had a compuserve email account.Originally Posted by trouthunter
I used to have a Commodore 64 with cassette drive. No games
Trust nobody!
Haha - I had CompuServe once upon a time! And my friend had an acoustic modem, but it was probably after they were already cool.
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall when the wise are banished from the public councils because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.” ~Judge Joseph Story
- My site: http://www.tothewoods.net/
- Designer, Jeff's Gear Hammock / Pack Cover by JRB
IMPOSSIBLE JUST TAKES LONGER
This gave me a REALLY good laugh reading thisI've been around computers a longgg time. I had a computer when a 300 bd acoustical modem was the be-all. I've been on-line a longgg time. Online since before there was a real "internet" to be online, well, on. Heck, way back when I even ran a fairly popular BBS.
In all that time I have never EVER seen a more abbreviation and acronym obsessed group such as here! WHAT the heck does 90% of this stuff mean?
I've seen haabs, kaqs, mwuq, baiacs, seeps, and my personal favorite, pp. Plus a cubic azz-load more. You guys definitely do NOT make it easy on the newcomers to figure out what the heck you're talking about!
Somewhere I ran across a member that had a list of some sort in their sig but silly me I forgot to mark it. The member was some kind of animally name. Rabid squirrel or angry chipmunk or raging raccoon, or something like that. No offense to you member if you are who I'm referencing!
Give us new guys a break will ya? Post a nice big fact sticky sign somewhere that reads DEFINITIONS OF GOBBLE-DY GOOK HERE!
Inquiring but overloaded smokey minds want to know.!
"...be... sure... to... drink... your... OVALTINE?! A crummy commercial!? Son of a b!^@#!"Become a donating member and you get a secret decoder ring!
you OBVIOUSLY didn't drink your Ovaltine!All I got was a wedgie.
and the "angry chipmunk" really had me going too!
just finding out how to multi-quote,
cway
"The sea was angry that day, my friends! Like an old man... trying to send back soup at a deli!"
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks